The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-22
not be offended.

part of rne crowd an eager desire TO
get near enough To have the honor Of
touching the lady, hand. she was
handed back again behind the baize
screen; and another woman. the an
tipodes of the first one. made her APP
pearance. She was about five feet
eight inches i'm height, dressed
in dirty white muslin. covered all
ever with pale blue and pink bows.
The East-end young man stated she
WAS only four stone in weight. and
gave various other particulars. which
were all received by the audience with
rapt attention. The sight of this hide
GUS specimen of humanity was too
much for me, and / elbowed III! way
to the door. thus missing the remain
ing attractions of the show, including
the ''hcXtrahordinary freak q nature
| the armleSs child, whom. however, i
was destined TO see az a future date.
The following Monday afternoon
was passing on business through the
same thOrOughfare. when / observed
| tile rcd-faced man with the hOarse
voice standing. or rather lounging. ont
side the entrance To the show. Having
| quarter of an hour 10 spare. and feel
ing interested in the extraordinary be-
ings had seen nn the previous Satur-
day, ! accostcd him. and asked him if
he would come and have something to
warm him at mcighbOring public
house: intimating, al an excuse for
my speaking to him. that had been
in hiS show on the Saturday. No
apologies seemed necessary, and pro-
cecded TO question him al To the work
ing, prospects. etc. of his show.
Where do we git the living curiosi-
ties from? Well-lot> o places: gin
orally the least likely uns. Sometimes
a poor family hats some sort o deformed
child born. and they gifts to hear a.
'ow. in show like ours" (he
Strengthened himself up). they gifts
taken good care on, and a. Il chance
o making something besides what
we pays EN-. They comes and offers
us the curiosity; and if We thinks it'll
take, why, we gives EN- ;r sum down.
and So much week "a long aS they're
with us; and precious glad they are of
it. they are. You see, its friendly all
round: il payS us; it pays the poor peo-
pie: it plca>c> the curiosity: and il
amuseS the pIblic. If we didn't take
'cm into our how. they'd very likely
git sent TO the workII>. or kicked about
and ill-trta;rd. eos thcy wouldn't Ice
able To earn their own living But
when they "a with us. their people @it>
kind o proud CT en-. "nd will come
and 'ang around the show. and seem
glad if the can ;cit any one Ia listen la
'em when they says they re related Ia
the curiosiiirS inside There ALWAYS
plenty of offrr> a-comng To IT,. Some
times we buy performing animal of
some circus people when he's old and
not good enough for them. but quite
smart enough for u>. Sometimes we
gifts EN- voung. and trains EN- our
selves. Sometimes -- But there
il won't do to tell you hevcry thing. or
ycu'll be writing Ia the newspapers or
something o that kind.
This dark aIlusion TO something
mysterious heightened my curiosity,
and endeavOred to draw him ont fur
Their. but with no success: and he pres
emily went on again as follows:
''Pay?-Ies. of course it pays. else
we Shouldnt keep on the same lay.
h.aIsg -. l...
where's in the daytime, and none at all
just here: but of a-night. we can fill
the show as many times a. we likes;
and although it's only a penny. when
there's sixty or seventy people 20
in every quarter of an hour,
you see it mounts up. Lots on
'em goes in three OF four times.
they gifts so interested. After one
shows over and fresh batch ready,
some of those who went i'm first III come
back and pay agin. p'r'aps bringing Il
friend, who was awaiting to hear what
the fust one said about it: and then they
goes in again. eos they can't remem-
Der how much the fat lady weighs: o.
else they gifts to feel sort o pride that
they We bin to our show more times
than any q their mates. Lor bless YOU.
sir. | b'lieye some ON EN- feels Sorry
they wasn't born curiosity themselves!
Yes, its always hes TO git in what's
called Il low neighbOrhood. though why
it should be called low. dunno. Poor
people pennies are a. good as any one
else :. as fur "a | can make out: aud if
any o the young fellcrS ever gifts OBJ
streperus or a-teasing of the curiositieS.
We've only got to speak bit sharp to
'em. and they're as quiet AZ murderer
after he's been and got 'anged."
The reader will observe that his SIM
lies were both forciblc and original
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